....STEADFAST LOVE.....

((Remember,)) The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases.  His mercies never come to an end.  They are new every morning.  Great is His faithfulness!

Remember my affliction and my wanderings,

the wormwood and the gall!

My soul continually remembers it

and is bowed down within me.

But this I call to mind,

and therefore I have hope:

The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases;

his mercies never come to an end;

they are new every morning;

great is your faithfulness.

“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul,

“therefore I will hope in him.”

The LORD is good to those who wait for him,

to the soul who seeks him.

It is good that one should wait quietly

for the salvation of the LORD.

It is good for a man that he bear

the yoke in his youth.

Let him sit alone in silence

when it is laid on him;

let him put his mouth in the dust—

there may yet be hope;

let him give his cheek to the one who strikes,

and let him be filled with insults.

For the Lord will not

cast off forever,

but, though he cause grief, he will have compassion

according to the abundance of his steadfast love;

for he does not afflict from his heart

or grieve the children of men.  …..Lam 3:19-33

We all have fallen short in sin.  The smart WISE man is the one who repents to their Father.  He has two choices.  Sit and remember, and remember and remember sin.  Or, repent and be redeemed.  

The place of wormwood is a miserable place.  It is a place of shame.  And if all your hope is in “remembering” your shame, you must be a most miserable person.

God doesn’t want this for you!  He wants you to have freedom, redemption, NEW MERCIES- not just today, but every morning!  He wants you to start your day off fresh and new IN Him; every morning!  He is a faithful God, especially faithful to the humble.  He is the lifter of your head, if you run to Him.

We all sin, and have regret.  I know I do.  I appreciate David’s repentance prayer to the Father about forgiving him the sins of his youth.  I pray that prayer myself.  Why?  I don’t want to sit alone in silence regretting my past- holding onto sin and allowing it to overwhelm my conscience.  God wants my conscience free!

This is why “it is good” to wait on God-  One, trust Him.  Two, wait for His answer.  Three, be free in Him.  Simple as that.  Simple faith, simple freedom.  I say to myself: “O my soul, hope in the Lord.”  As I ask for forgiveness, and the burden of sin is lifted, my hope is replenished, and I can sing David’s song…. my hope is in you all the day long!

However, I need to release what holds me down- S I N.    Beg God for forgiveness, or sin will hold you down with it’s ugly thumb.  Making you feel as if you were drowning.  You will, unless you cry for help.  

HELP LORD!  I HOPE IN YOU!

YOU ARE MY GOD…

Guide me in Your truth, and teach me.  For You are God my Father, and my hope is in You, all the day long.  Show me your ways Lord, and teach me.  For You are God my Savior, and my hope is in You, all the day long….  

Please Lord,  show us the revelation of steadfast love.  Some definitions are: loyal, faithful, committed, devoted…Relentless, unchanging, unwavering….  This is how Your love is toward us.  It never ends!  It is continuous, never ending, never stopping to rest.  You will never cease loving us.  Your mercies are for us whether we deserve them or not, because of your Steadfast Love.  Forgive me Abba, the sin that I hold to my heart.  I release it to you.  Please remove it from me so that I can be free IN You.  Thank you that You are my portion!  Thank you that You are the Hope that I seek.  You will never let me down.  Show me all the sin in me, even secret sin, Holy Spirit, so that I may see your face, and not fall short because of sin, and be embarrassed because of it.  Do not cast me away because of sin, Abba.  I know your precious Son Jesus died for me.  I thank you Jesus that You took the place of my sin, it was YOUR Steadfast LOVE that never stopped- even to the cross- Your love continued.  Even to Your resurrection, Your love still continues!  You do this because of LOVE.  Thank you.  Let me no longer sit in grief, and sorrows of regret.  But in the Salvation of my God, who has redeemed me of sin via way of the cross.  

Bless the one who hears Your message.  “It is good for them!”  Allow Your Word to minister all the way into their core, deep to deep.  Show them that they do not have to sit in the mire of sin, but be free in the fragrance of Love, compassion, and New Mercies this new morning, and every new morning that we take in as we are alive.

This I pray to you Jesus, in Your precious name.  Amen Jesus!  Thank you.   

Dedicated to GDP, I pray blessing over your day.  To see with new eyes, and a loving and compassionate God, in Jesus name.